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A EUROPEAN NETWORKFEDORA encourages innovation and creativity in opera and ballet through an international Prizes competition initiated under the presidency of Jérôme-François Zieseniss in 2014, as a tribute to Rolf Liebermann. The network federates 95 opera houses, festivals, ballet companies and friends associations in 25 countries, as well as individuals, corporate donors and foundations to create a sustainable ecosystem between the cultural and economic sector guaranteeing the future of opera and ballet.

A UNIQUE EUROPEAN PLATFORM (www.fedora-platform.com)Thanks to 2 million euros of co-funding of the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, FEDORA harnesses the digital shift to showcase artistic works-in-progress on its European Platform. Thereby it reaches out to a new generation of people, allowing them to promote and support new operas and ballets online.

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private funding invested in innovative opera and ballet projectsnew opera and ballet projects supportedco-producing cultural institutions involvedperformancesspectators including more than 100,000 young peoplevotes since 2018raised during the Fundraising Phases since 2018 of users of the platform are between 18 and 44 years old

EUROPEAN ONLINE GIVING SYSTEMIn 2020, our European initiative became the first non-profit organisation alongside Common Goal in Europe to test Transnational Giving Europe’s new online transnational giving system, thanks to the co-funding of Creative Europe. Since the launch of this new online platform that facilitates cross-border giving and boosts philanthropy in Europe, already 26 non-profit organisations in the healthcare, education, sports and cultural sectors have been using the solution and have been able to generate around €80,000 within 6 months.

AWARDSIn 2017, FEDORA was awarded with the “Philanthropy Award” during the International Opera Awards.FEDORA was nominated in 2019 as “European Cultural Investor of the year” at the European Cultural Brand Awards. In 2019, Edilia Gänz, director of FEDORA, was selected by Forbes Magazine as one of the «30 under 30» best young cultural managers in Europe.In 2020, Edilia Gänz was selected by Ms Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth to be featured among the #EUwomen4future campaign.

SUPPORTING INNOVATION IN OPERA AND BALLET IN EUROPE

FEDORA announces 34 shortlisted projects (9 opera, 9 ballet, 10 education and 6 digital projects), from 20 countries including 110 cultural organisations and partners and involving over 200 artists for the 7th edition of the FEDORA Prizes.

The general audience can vote online (fedora-platform.com) until February 26th for their favourite projects. In parallel, the expert jury will nominate projects which will have the opportunity to run fundraising campaigns in spring 2021 on the FEDORA Platform. The project with the most votes from the audience in each category will get the chance to fundraise alongside the project nominated by the jury. The winners will be announced in June during the Award Ceremony.

FEDORA PlatformPress Release February 2021

OPERA JURY 2021

(In alphabetical order of the lead company)

Laura BermanIntendant Staatsoper Hannover(Germany)

Sophie de LintDirectorDutch National Opera(Netherlands)

Kasper HoltenCEORoyal Danish Theatre(Denmark)

Nicholas Payne DirectorOpera Europa

Chair of the Jury

Birgitta SvendénGeneral and Artistic DirectorRoyal Swedish Opera(Sweden)

InnocenceFestival d’Aix-en-Provence (France)Composer - Kaija Saariaho Librettist - Sofi Oksanen Conductor - Susanna MälkkiStage Director - Simon Stone

Alexina B.Gran Teatre del Liceu(Spain)Composer - Raquel Garcia TomasDramaturge - Irène Gayraud Stage Director - Marta Pazos

The Time of our SingingLa Monnaie / De Munt(Belgium)Composer - Kris DefoortConductor - Kwamé RyanLibrettist - Peter van Kraaij Stage Director - Ted Huffman

ZELLE, Wenn es dunkel wirdLOD muziektheater(Belgium)Composer & Director - Jamie ManText - Peter StammSoprano - Natascha YoungCountertenor - Steve KatonaNōh singer - Ryoko AokiMusical execution - Asko Schönberg

Like fleshOpéra de Lille(France)Music - Sivan EldarLibrettist - Cordelia LynnComputer music design - Augustin MullerMusical direction - Maxime PascalStage direction - Silvia Costa

ElsewhereStraymaker(Ireland)Composer & Librettist - Michael Gallen Conductor - Fiona Monbet Director - Tom Creed Librettists - Annemarie Ni Churreain, Dylan Coburn Gray

Beauty and the Seven BeastsThe Opera Story(United Kingdom)Composers - Vahan Salorian, Lewis Murphy, Alex Woolf, Lucie Treacher, Sasha Scott, Jude Obermuller, James GarnerLibrettists - Dominic Kimberlin, Jennifer L. Williams, Louis Rembges, Anna Pool, Annie Jenkins, Tom Powell, Ellie TaylorDirector - James Hurley Conductor - Berrak Dyer

Manga for loversThéâtre du Châtelet(France)Composer - Olga Neuwirth Librettist - Barry Gifford Conductor - Matthias Pintscher Stage Director - Yuval Sharon

The Witches SeedTones on the Stones(Italy)Composer - Stewart Copeland Librettist - Jonathan Moore Creative partner - Chrissie Hynde Immersive video sets - Edvige FainiDirector - Gianni Marras

In collaboration with

Opera Shortlist 2021

With the support of

Anna Maria MeoGeneral DirectorFondazione Teatro Regio di Parma(Italy)

Aviel CahnGeneral DirectorGrand Théâtre de Genève(Switzerland)

Prize Money: €75,000

BALLET JURY 2021


Sara-Nora KrystevaArtistic Director of the BalletSofia National Opera and Ballet(Bulgaria)

Ted BrandsenDirector Dutch National Ballet(Netherlands)

Ingrid LorentzenArtistic DirectorNorwegian National Ballet(Norway)

Les SaltimbanquesBallet du Capitole(France)Choreographer - Kader Belarbi Composer - Sergio TomassiCostume Designer - Elsa Pavanel Set Designer - Coralie Lèguevaque

HotelBirmingham Royal Ballet(United Kingdom)Choreographer - Morgann Runacre-Temple Composer - Mikael Karlsson Set Designer - Sami Fendall Creative Associate / Dance Film Maker - Jessica Wright

Mille et une danses (pour 2021)CCN de Tours(France)Choreographer - Thomas Lebrun Lighting Designer - Françoise Michel 15 dancers

Coppélia in the digital ageEdinburgh International Festival(United Kingdom)Artistic Director, Scottish Ballet - Christopher HampsonChoreographers - Morgann Runacre-Temple, Jessica Wright Dramaturg - Jeff JamesFestival Director - Fergus Linehan

RaymondaEnglish National Ballet(United Kingdom)Direction and Choreography (after Marius Petipa) - Tamara Rojo Composer - Alexander Glazunov Music Adaptation - Gavin Sutherland Dramaturge - Lucinda Coxon

Peeping Tom / La Visita (working title)Fondazione I Teatri(Italy)Choreographer - Gabriela Carrizo Sound Designer - Raphaëlle Latini Set Designer - Amber Vandenhoeck

Futuristic Space Lovers BalletKyiv National Academic Operetta Theatre(Ukraine)Choreographer - Delphine AttalComposer - Didier Marouani Artistic Director - Bogdan Strutynskyi

ROOTS (working title)National Opera of Ukraine(Ukraine)Project Leader - Petro ChuprynaChoreographer - Ksenia ZverevaLighting Designer - Jacopo PantaniCostume and Decoration Designer - Polina PanchenkoSet Designer - Asia Kravchuk

On BachDansens Hus(Sweden)Choreographer - Tilman O’Donnell Composer - Johannes Helberger Costume Designer - Jenny NordbergLighting Designer - Thomas Zamolo

Ballet Shortlist 2021

Laurent HilaireDirectorStanislavsky Ballet(Russia)

Benoit Swan PoufferArtistic DirectorRambert(United Kingdom)

Nicholas Payne DirectorOpera Europa

Chair of the Jury

Aurélie DupontDirector of DanceParis Opera Ballet(France)

In collaboration with With the support of


EDUCATION JURY 2021


Birgitte Holt-NielsenLibrettist and Freelance producer(Denmark)

Vania CauzilloSteering Committee Member RESEO

Anne-Kathrin OstropHead of EducationKomische Oper Berlin(Germany)

Arcadia - Academy for Music & Theater in SilesiaAcademia Ars Augusta(Germany)Artistic Director - Eleni Ioannidou Conductor - Enrique Gomez-Cabrero Fernandez Stage Director - Piotr Jedrzejas Teacher - Marie Kuijken

A song - a lifeDen Jyske Opera/Danish National Opera(Denmark)Composers - Søren Møller, Michael Betteridge Librettist - Cecilie Eken

Dalia - A community operaGarsington Opera(United Kingdom)Artistic Director - Karen Gillingham Composer - Roxanna Panufnik Librettist - Jessica Duchen Refugee & Activist - Gulwali Passarlay Conductor - Douglas Boyd

Carmen and the other extraordinary womenL’Albero(Italy)Deaf artist, Opera narrator - Consuelo Agnesi Music Teacher - Giuseppina Maria Gelosa Librettist - Andrea CiommientoSet Designer - Rita Orlando

Pitch, please!Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie(France)Artistic Director - Chloé Kobuta Illustrator - Kiihwan LimProject Manager - Audrey Brahimi Writer - Danielle Courtenay, Mia Mandineau

Dance training for people with a disabilityPlatform-K(Belgium)Artistic Director - Inge Lattré Education Specialist - Frauke Seynnaeve

Pocket OperaRoyal Swedish Opera(Sweden)Composer - Daniel Nelson Librettist - Irena Kraus

We are musiciansStara Zagora State Opera(Bulgaria)Composer - Victor Krumov Education Specialists - Yova Petkova, Iglika Petkova Set Designer - Denis Ivanov Stage Director - Uschi Horner

Synapses - The point of contactWexford Festival Opera(Ireland)Composer - Andrew Synnott Stage Director - Rosetta Cucchi Video Artists - Roberto Recchia, Stefania Panighini

Utoperas - a participatory youth opera in series formatWiener Staatsoper(Austria)Education Director - Krysztina Winkel Head of Dance - Monica Delgadillo-Aguilar Music Director - Andy Icochea Project Dramaturge - Valentin Lewisch

Education Shortlist 2021

With the support of a

Private Foundation

Anthony HeidweillerArtistic Director Vocal Statements

Lauri PokkinenAudience Outreach & Social Responsibility ManagerFinnish National Opera and Ballet (Finland)

Panaghis PagoulatosDirector of Artistic Programming & CastingGreek National Opera(Greece)

Bernard FoccroulleFormer DirectorLa Monnaie / De Munt and Festival d’Aix-en-Provence(Belgium/France)

Chair of the Jury



DIGITAL JURY 2021


Christopher HampsonArtistic Director Scottish Ballet(United Kingdom)

Yasuko KobayashiSenior ProducerNHK(Japan)

Emelie de JongHead of Arts DepartmentARTE France(France)

Peter ManiuraDirectorIMZ Academy(United Kingdom)

Chair of the Jury

Ulrich SchrauthArtistic DirectorVRHAM! Virtual Reality & Arts FestivalXR & Immersive ProgrammerBFI London Film Festival - UK(Germany/United Kingdom)

Toulouse-LautrecBallet du Capitole(France)Choreographer - Kader Belarbi Composer - Bruno Coulais Film Director - Luc Riolon Set Designer - Sylvie Olivé

Out of the OrdinaryIrish National Opera(Ireland)Composer - Finola Merivale Director - Jo Mangan Technical Consultant - Camille Donegan Outreach Producer - James Bingham

Opera on BrainwavesMuzi a Zeny(Belgium)Fashion Tech Designer - Jasna Rokegem Singer - Elise Caluwaers

Viviscim - The 360° making of an opera performanceOpéra Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie(France)Artistic Director - Mahana Delacour Designer - Linus Carlson Developers - Aurélia Garnier, Dennis Dunn

SolastalgiaPoznań Opera House(Poland)Composer – Rafał ZapałaLibrettist – Michał KrawczakConductor – Grzegorz WierusStage Directors – Magda Szpecht, Marike Splint, Travis Preston

Totality in Parts, a reenactmentRoyal Swedish Opera(Sweden)Choreographer - Lukas Timulak Set Designer - Peter Bilak Composer - Volker Bertelmann Video Artist - Hektor Salgado Motion Designer - Jeroen Barendse


Digital Shortlist 2021

With the support of

Tod MachoverComposer, Inventor, Professor of Music & Media and director of the Media Lab’s Opera of the Future groupMIT Media Lab(United States of America)

Katharina JeschkeSecretary GeneralIMZ International Music + Media Centre


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